title: Rethinking hospice eligibility criteria.
authors.affiliation: Center for Bioethics and the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. casarett@mail.med.upenn.edu
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Casarett
mesh_terms: D004608:Eligibility Determination / Q000592:standards*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D006278:Medicare / Q000592:standards*; D010166:Palliative Care; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; D011379:Prognosis; D015397:Program Evaluation; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014481:United States